Kids Love the Virginias: A Parent's Guide to Exploring Fun Places in Virginia & West Virginia with Children... Year Round

by Michele Zavatsky and George Zavatsky

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966345770
• ISBN13: 9780966345773
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Kids Love Publications
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.1"

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A PROVEN FAMILY TRAVEL FAVORITE!

KIDS LOVE THE VIRGINIAS has been kid-tested and the descriptions include great hints on what kids like best. This informative guide contains almost 300 pages packed full of over 900 places and events specifically designed for children between the ages of 2 - 15. Kids can discover where ponies swim and dolphins dance, dig into archaeology and living history, or be dazzled by record-breaking and natural bridges. It'll tell you how Colonial, American Indian and Pioneer folks lived and even how to dance the Virginia Reel or cook with stones. You'll know where to go to stand side-by-side a coal-miner, watch a glass vase "blossom" before you yes or learn the secrets of making clay bricks, digging for fairy stones, commanding a battleship or spaceship, or making pinch pots. Another weekend you'll have all the travel details you need to go behind the scenes of famous parade floats or walk through HolyLand. Of course, there's plenty of kid-friendly details on nationally known sites like Mt. Vernon, Luray Cavern's fried eggs, the Bee Beard Man, places where the Civil War began (Harpers Ferry) and ended (Appomattox), Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown or "Stonewall Country" (freak-out). Want Action? Trolley, trot or walk past famous homes. Drive your car underwater or through a zoo. Kayak many quiet rivers or raft the whitewaters. Ride a batteau on the James, touch a starfish, or catch a wink from a mermaid. Pack your knapsack as you follow "A Soldier's Life". Or, ride the rails past old depots and small towns through old coal and timber lands. If you're hungry, KIDS LOVE THE VIRGINIAS knows where to buy a skipjack sandwich, be a salsa taste-tester, or make potato chips, gourmet cakes & curds. It'll tell you how to eat your way through apple, birthday cake, pumpkin & peanut festivals. Unusual theme restaurants include old taverns or railroad depots, a gristmill serving yummy corn cakes, dining in the same room Washington once celebrated birthdays, or reminiscing simpler times on Walton's Mountain. The book is formatted in 8 geographical zones providing phone numbers, websites, directions, admissions, hours and descriptions to save you lots of time. It's a wonderful resource to make short vacation plans or to get to know your hometown area better. You will probably find there are at least 50-100 things to do within an hour of your home! Best of all, if you have a limited budget, don't worry - the book has found lots of places to visit for little or no charge! Other 'family-friendly' favorite travel guides available for Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, & KentuckyAlso recommended: Other 'family-friendly' favorite travel guides available for Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, & Kids Love Travel Memories, the Perfect Scrapbook and Travel Journal Companion